3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1019669AEW for working students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Possible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
NOTE: registration for this course is only possible for working students. Day students can register for courses whose code ends with an R. At Inschrijven / studentenadministratie@vub.be you must be registered at the VUB as a working student for the current academic year.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Department
Educatiewetenschappen
Educational team
Koen Lombaerts (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Lecture
75 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

The course covers the following major topics during the lectures:

  • Exploration and genesis of Pedagogy as a scientific discipline.
  • Functions of education in a societal context.
  • Learning theories and paradigms and their impact on instructional processes and educational frameworks.
  • Foundations of learning for change and lifelong learning.

Extra module for the 6 ECTS version:

  • The school as an institutionalized learning environment: analysis of societal accusations and demands for educational reform.
Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Reader pedagogische wetenschappen, Canvas
Additional info

Online learning materials are available through the Canvas Course platform.

Generative AI can be used in this course, further details will be provided during course activities and the Canvas Course Platform. Any use of generative AI should be properly referenced.
 

Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

The course contributes to the domain-specific learning outcomes of the bachelors in adult education sciences and psychology (including knowledge of central concepts, models and methods in the pedagogical and educational sciences; framing knowledge and insights within broader interdisciplinary thinking and critically analyzing and applying them...).
Students gain understanding of the field of study of pedagogy and educational sciences, as well as its connection to related fields of study such as learning psychology, sociology of education, and pedagogical-philosophical movements; the relationship between education and society; contemporary learning theories and paradigms; basic concepts of lifelong learning.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written exam multiple choice with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The final grade of the course consists of a written exam (100%).

The multiple-choice exam will be assessed using higher cut-off system.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Work and Organisational Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Psychology: Initial track (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Clinical psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Primary Education: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)